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    starts with mannose-binding lectin (MBL) or ficolin binding to certain sugars. In this pathway, mannose-binding lectin binds to mannose, glucose, or...
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    brine. It is composed of pentasaccharide repeat units, comprising glucose, mannose, and glucuronic acid in the molar ratio 2:2:1. A strain of X. campestris...
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    of glycans: high mannose, hybrid and complex glycans. High-mannose is, in essence, just two N-acetylglucosamines with many mannose residues, often almost...
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    built of α-(1,2)- and α-(1,3)- D-mannose branches (from 1 to 5 rings long), which are attached to long α-(1,6)-D-mannose chains. This specific combination...
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    3 (C3) hydrolysis, foreign material, pathogens, or damaged cells. The mannose-binding lectin pathway can be activated by C3 hydrolysis or antigens without...
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    is key in multiple functions: Manufacture of lysosomal enzymes with a mannose-6-phosphate marker added in the cis-Golgi network. Manufacture of secreted...
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    of sugars, using Raney nickel catalysts. The conversion of glucose and mannose to sorbitol and mannitol is given as HOCH2CH(OH)CH(OH)CH(OH)CH(OH)CHO +...
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    they are beneficial. As of  2022[update], one review found that taking mannose was as effective as antibiotics to prevent UTIs, while another review found...
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    Kalil J, Guilherme L (2008). "Association of Mannose-Binding Lectin Gene Polymorphism but Not of Mannose-Binding Serine Protease 2 with Chronic Severe...
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    Procalcitonin (PCT) Presepsin soluble CD14 soluble CD163 soluble CD206 (mannose receptor) soluble TREM-1 A recent study identified 15 microbial biomarkers...
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